Is it wrong of me to log onto my neighbors wireless network...

[aphex]

and leave them a text file saying they might want to enable WEP on their router?

Im actually getting stronger signals from them then i am from myself sometimes

 

[Kaervak]

It's a grey area really. Some might be appreciative, some might be pissed. I'd be glad if someone did something like that for me if I didn't know what I was doing.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Kaervak
It's a grey area really. Some might be appreciative, some might be pissed. I'd be glad if someone did something like that for me if I didn't know what I was doing.

its quite sad actually....

Doing a site survery i can see that 3 of them are still using the SSID: default and still on channel 6

One of the others was nice enough to rename his router, but didnt put on any WEP.

 

[Radiohead]

Or you could just go over & tell him instead

 

[morkinva]

Of course its wrong - go over there and talk to him as if you were a man.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Radiohead
Or you could just go over & tell him instead

I dont know if its directly next door.

Im in a complex and can see 6 networks right now.

 

[Darein]

Might find some lonely ladies out there running networks... well we can hope.

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Kaervak
It's a grey area really. Some might be appreciative, some might be pissed. I'd be glad if someone did something like that for me if I didn't know what I was doing.

its quite sad actually....

Doing a site survery i can see that 3 of them are still using the SSID: default and still on channel 6

One of the others was nice enough to rename his router, but didnt put on any WEP.

Very true. I'm sure some people have no idea how big of a security hole they're leaving open.

 

[Tripleshot]

My wireless isn't wep inabled now, but I don't think it matters. No file or print sharing is on either.

 

[Krye]

OH NOS! HOW DID YOU HA><0R MY GI|3S0|\|???

/me enables my WEP

 

[T2T III]

Do you have a business card? If so, walk over and tell him that for $50, you'll have his wireless network sealed up in 30 minutes or less. If he says "no" - then, just leave your business card with him. I'm sure you'll get a call back within a couple of hours to accept your services.

I dare you to come through my neighborhood and try trolling my network. 128 bit WEP is enabled. Yeah baby!

 

[Spac3d]

Kinda off topic, but how do I properly secure a wireless network.

No one around my parents house are geeks. I am not worried about them stealing their interent, but I think I want to secure it anyways.

Spac3d

 

[aphex]

Ehh i'll leave them alone... Last thing i want to do is scare the crap outta em all...

I love my 256-bit encryption

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: aphex
Ehh i'll leave them alone... Last thing i want to do is scare the crap outta em all...

I love my 256-bit encryption

Oooooh, another D-Link user?

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Darein
Might find some lonely ladies out there running networks... well we can hope.

You mean those who are Camming??

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: Spac3d
Kinda off topic, but how do I properly secure a wireless network.

No one around my parents house are geeks. I am not worried about them stealing their interent, but I think I want to secure it anyways.

Spac3d

Depends on the router. Basic things to do are enable WEP, use MAC address filtering & disable SSID broadcast.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Kaervak

Originally posted by: aphex
Ehh i'll leave them alone... Last thing i want to do is scare the crap outta em all...

I love my 256-bit encryption

Oooooh, another D-Link user?

Yep, ive been VERY impressed with this router/card combo... the 22mbps is nice as well

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Spac3d
Kinda off topic, but how do I properly secure a wireless network.

No one around my parents house are geeks. I am not worried about them stealing their interent, but I think I want to secure it anyways.

Spac3d

You could start by reading the documentation that came with your product. It should direct you how to enable security protection on your network.

 

[MichaelD]

This is actually an interesting topic for me since I know next to nothing about wireless networking. I understand the concept and I know that WEP is Wireless Encryption Protocol (or close to it) but I'ld like to know more about wireless security.

Bump.

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Kaervak

Originally posted by: aphex
Ehh i'll leave them alone... Last thing i want to do is scare the crap outta em all...

I love my 256-bit encryption

Oooooh, another D-Link user?

Yep, ive been VERY impressed with this router/card combo... the 22mbps is nice as well

I've been using their 11b+ line since the beginning of August. VERY impressed as well. Suposedly D-Link is/was going to be releasing new firmware for their 11b+ line to increase the speed, but haven't seen it yet.

 

[Aceshigh]

Damn, I didn't realize that wi-fi networking had become so popular.

 

[Kaervak]

Originally posted by: Aceshigh
Damn, I didn't realize that wi-fi networking had become so popular.

Take a look here.

 

[Crimson]

I changed the SSID on mine as well as enabling 156bit encryption.. Should be good, plus I am using 802.11a, 72 megabits/sec... Not many people use 802.11a, so thats some security in and of itself.. heh

 

[Darein]

Originally posted by: wje

Originally posted by: Darein
Might find some lonely ladies out there running networks... well we can hope.

You mean those who are Camming??

Wasn't thinking that. That is weird if you ask me, very weird.

 

[Transition]

Anyone know where i can buy the Orinoco Gold cards? I can't find them anywhere local......